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ASTRA CASTRA by EMILY DICKINSON

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First Line: DEPARTED TO THE JUDGMENT. / A MIGHTY AFTERNOON
Last Line: AND LEAVE THE SOUL ALONE.

Departed to the judgment,
A mighty afternoon;
Great clouds like ushers leaning,
Creation looking on.
The flesh surrendered, cancelled,
The bodiless begun;
Two worlds, like audiences, disperse,
And leave the soul alone.



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